# My SF short story "Yamadori" is out! **URL:** \ **Category:** Marketplace\ **Created:** [October 24, 2019, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sf-short-story-yamadori-is-out/842232 "2019-10-24T12:57:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2019, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sf-short-story-yamadori-is-out/842232/1 "2019-10-24T12:57:11Z")
The November/December issue of _Analog_ just came in the mail. It contains my short story _Yamadori_. > **[Home - Analog Science Fiction and Fact](https://www.analogsf.com/)** > > \[vc\_row full\_width=”stretch\_row” remove\_bottom\_col\_margin=”true” css=”.vc\_custom\_1664298648933{margin-bottom: 0px !important;border-bottom-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;background: #232425... > **[Table of Contents - Analog Science Fiction and Fact](https://www.analogsf.com/current-issue/table-of-contents/)** > > \[vc\_row css\_animation=”none” source=”custom” text=”About Asimov’s” style=”plain” bottom\_margin=”” shadow=”” align=”” float=”true” add\_css\_to\_inner=”false” padding\_all=”” border\_side\_margin=”” border\_radius=”” italic=”false” responsive\_text=”false”... No illustration, and no cover credit. But one of these days… Besides that, Silver Blade publishing is soon releasing my novella _A Light so Brilliant and Wondrous_, a retelling of _Frankenstein_. And I’m now editing the follow-up to _How the Ray Gun Got its Zap!_ (which I’m calling _[Zap! II_ for now) for Oxford University Press, to be published sometime in 2020. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2019, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sf-short-story-yamadori-is-out/842232/2 "2019-10-24T13:12:43Z")
Wow, congratulations! I’ve submitted to Analog a few times but I’ve been rejected, so I’ll say with a bit of jealousy that that’s quite an accomplishment! ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2019, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sf-short-story-yamadori-is-out/842232/3 "2019-10-24T19:20:32Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > Wow, congratulations! I’ve submitted to Analog a few times but I’ve been rejected, so I’ll say with a bit of jealousy that that’s quite an accomplishment! Thanks. Might I be permitted the vanity of saying this is the third thing of mine they’ve published. Although I’ve had a _lot_ of rejections, too. ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2019, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sf-short-story-yamadori-is-out/842232/4 "2019-10-25T06:41:06Z")
Congrats! Getting published always feels good. I can’t believe Analog is still around. I had a subscription in the 1970’s. Then I did a search and its been around since 1930. Amazing. ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2019, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sf-short-story-yamadori-is-out/842232/5 "2019-10-25T19:45:48Z")
Congratulations! I’ve still got my subscription, so I’m looking forward to reading your story. And now that I know what to look for, I’ll dig through my archived copies to re-read the other two. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2019, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sf-short-story-yamadori-is-out/842232/6 "2019-10-25T21:10:22Z")
> [@China\_Guy](#): > > I can’t believe Analog is still around. I had a subscription in the 1970’s. Then I did a search and its been around since 1930. Amazing. No, Astounding. ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2019, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sf-short-story-yamadori-is-out/842232/7 "2019-10-25T22:40:24Z")
Congrats! As the saying goes, you’re an writer when other people call you a writer. ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2019, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sf-short-story-yamadori-is-out/842232/8 "2019-10-25T22:40:26Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > No, Astounding. I resisted the temptation, but thank you for this. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2019, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sf-short-story-yamadori-is-out/842232/9 "2019-10-30T00:46:45Z")
Damn! I’m on a roll! Not only is my story out in _Analog_ (I just picked up two copies in the supermarket tight!), but I just learned that I received another patent last week! (that makes five now) Then I got home and found that I had another article in the new issue of _Optics and Photonics News_ – “The Endless Corridor”. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2019, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sf-short-story-yamadori-is-out/842232/10 "2019-10-30T16:27:21Z")
> [@Lumpy](#): > > Congrats! As the saying goes, you’re an writer when other people call you a writer. I once heard Ellison say “You’re a writer when a publisher says you’re a writer.” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2019, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sf-short-story-yamadori-is-out/842232/11 "2019-10-30T16:33:17Z")
I am going to get that issue, so I need to ask: Do you get more money if I buy the newsstand edition, or if I get it online? ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2019, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sf-short-story-yamadori-is-out/842232/12 "2019-10-30T19:25:36Z")
How you buy it doesn’t affect author pay, which is based on word count on accepted stories. From Analog’s [website](https://www.analogsf.com/contact-us/writers-guidelines/): > [@Analog Writer's Guidelines](#): > > Analog pays 8-10 cents per word for short fiction (up to approximately 20,000 words), 6 cents per word for serials (40,000-80,000 words), 9 cents per word for fact articles, and $1 per line for poetry. We buy First English Language serial rights plus certain non-exclusive rights explained in our contract. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2019, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sf-short-story-yamadori-is-out/842232/13 "2019-10-30T19:27:02Z")
Analog Analog it is, then. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2019, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sf-short-story-yamadori-is-out/842232/14 "2019-11-01T01:18:04Z")
Picked it up at Powel’s Books this morning. Interesting mixture of mechanics and nature that I haven’t encountered before in fact or fiction-well done. About the “nature” part-is that branch of horticulture a hobby of yours, or was that just good research? ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2019, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sf-short-story-yamadori-is-out/842232/15 "2019-11-01T16:16:42Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Picked it up at Powel’s Books this morning. Interesting mixture of mechanics and nature that I haven’t encountered before in fact or fiction-well done. About the “nature” part-is that branch of horticulture a hobby of yours, or was that just good research? Thank you very much for those kind words. It’s all research. I’ve been kind of fascinated by the topic for years – this was just an excuse to dig a little deeper and use the information. And, as **Antibob** pointed out, how you get it doesn’t affect what I get paid. In fact, I was paid well before this hit the newsstands. it’s not a lot of money, though. There’s no way I could support myself on my writing alone. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2019, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sf-short-story-yamadori-is-out/842232/16 "2019-11-05T01:21:41Z")
Congrats! ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2020, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sf-short-story-yamadori-is-out/842232/18 "2020-03-31T06:49:48Z")
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